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List of Uninvented Technology

elucid June 02, 2022 at 00:23 3850 views 14 comments
Hello,

I would like to dedicate this thread to a list of any technology that we have not yet invented. I will start with the one that I think is extremely important.

1. Teleportation
2. Invisibility
3. Gravity Machine
4. A more advanced version of electricity (non-hazardous, cooler temps)


Comments (14)

Jackson June 02, 2022 at 00:24 #704050
5. Time machine.
praxis June 02, 2022 at 00:40 #704057
Let’s be honest.

1. Sexbot
Tom Storm June 02, 2022 at 01:05 #704064
7. Self-cleaning clothing.
8. Fully balanced, nutritious meal in pill form.
T Clark June 02, 2022 at 01:23 #704067
  • Program where you can see aerial photographs of anywhere in the world.
  • Service so you can send pictures, data files, documents, and letters anywhere in the world very quickly .
  • Service that let's you buy books or take them out from a library and have them delivered immediately.
  • Service where you can watch any movie or TV show ever made for a reasonable price.
  • Stores where you can order almost anything and have it delivered very quickly.
  • Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun.
180 Proof June 02, 2022 at 01:41 #704069
15. picoscale 3-D printing
16. space elevator / skyhook system
17. asteroid terraria
18. Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
19. brain transfer
20. "Orgasmatron" (i.e. :point: Reply to praxis)

elucid June 02, 2022 at 02:06 #704074
21. Speed learning pill
22. Enhanced memory pill
Agent Smith June 02, 2022 at 03:32 #704087
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igjugarjuk June 02, 2022 at 05:39 #704105
Quoting praxis
Let’s be honest.

1. Sexbot


Design the face and body to millimeter precision. Skin texture, internal temperature, audio could be controlled by AI monitoring user response.
igjugarjuk June 02, 2022 at 05:39 #704106
Quoting Tom Storm
8. Fully balanced, nutritious meal in pill form.


Or make it liquid, to save having to chew.
igjugarjuk June 02, 2022 at 05:39 #704107
Reply to Clarky
A spout that shoots out all the clean hot water you want into a container convenient for soaking a human body in, with little bricks of white slime that gets the grime off skin and makes it smell good.
L'éléphant June 02, 2022 at 07:38 #704144
Money that grow on trees.
universeness June 02, 2022 at 09:42 #704163
An immortal transhuman (or close to it), with an optional built-in 'termination' facility.
An honest politician.
A god that can make public appearences.
Varde June 02, 2022 at 10:41 #704175
FTL slipstreaming device.
Outlander June 02, 2022 at 11:00 #704181
1. Catapult/cannon? A playground slide?
2. Ghillie suit/just dressing like everyone in a crowd?
3. Indoor skydiving? Magnetic suit over an opposite magnet?
4. Wireless charging?